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Kansas State University achievements

2004 Human Ecology

 

* MelEesa D. Lorett, a spring 2004 Kansas State University graduate in apparel and textiles from Scott City, won the $10,000 Perrier Bubbling Under Design Award at the Gen Art Styles 2004 fashion and awards show May 18. Gen Art is a non-profit organization dedicated to showcasing emerging fashion designers, filmmakers, musicians and visual artists. The Bubbling Under award is designed to recognize an emerging fashion designer for excellence and originality in design concepts inspired by a theme. This year's theme was "The Elements: Water, Fire, Air and Earth." Gen Art received more than 600 entries from 25 states and 28 foreign countries including Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada, England, Korea, Mexico, France, India and Sweden in six competition categories. Lorett was among five finalists who displayed their design concepts for celebrity fashion judges to review and choose the grand prize winner. Lorett was the only student finalist; all others were emerging designers in the fashion industry working in New York under their own names. May 2004

* Carol Shanklin, K-State professor of hotel, restaurant, institution management and dietetics, is the recipient of the University of Delaware Michael D. Olsen Research Achievement Award. The award was presented Jan. 7 at the Annual Graduate Education and Research in Hospitality and Tourism Conference in Houston, Texas. The Olsen Award is presented annually to someone who has made a significant contribution to hospitality and tourism through funded research, publications and presentations. The award also recognizes leadership in graduate education and mentoring. Shanklin, who is also assistant dean of the Graduate School, was honored for her years of research with environmental issues in the food service industry, including a recent series of waste characterizations studies used in determining the types and quantity of waste produced and what might be some alternative methods of disposing of food and packaging wastes. February 2004

* Two K-State students in apparel marketing and design received awards at the Fashioning Our Alpacas' Future 2004 Fiber to Fashion Student Design Competition, sponsored by the Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association. Melesa Lorett, senior in apparel marketing and design, Manhattan, was awarded first honorable mention for her design in the competition. Lorett is a 1999 graduate of Syracuse High School. Kendal Goodheart, senior in apparel marketing and design, Olathe, was awarded first place for her design in the competition. Goodheart, who is minoring in women's studies, is a 2000 graduate of Olathe South High School. The awards were presented during the Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association conference Feb. 4-8 in Reno, Nev. February 2004

* K-State's interior architecture/interior design and architecture programs rank third and eighth, respectively, according to a 2004 nationwide survey of leading firms across the United States. The annual survey, by Design Intelligence and the Design Futures Council in conjunction with the Almanac of Architecture and Design, asks firms to indicate which accredited programs in interior architecture/interior design and in architecture have produced, in the last five years, graduates most prepared for practice. It's the fourth consecutive year K-State ranks as having one of the top three interior architecture/interior design programs in the nation. It's also the third time in survey history that K-State's architecture program has been ranked among the top 10. February 2004